Science Education & Policy

New University Study Claims Americans Subconsciously Associate Black People With Apes

A study by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley says that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes. In addition, the findings show that society is more likely to condone violence ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2008 - 4:30pm

National Science Foundation Requests 13 Percent Increase For Fiscal Year 2009

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement Jr. has presented the agency's proposed $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009, a 13 percent increase over its actual FY 2008 budget. The additional $822.10 million would increase fund ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2008 - 9:45am

Teen Sex: Neighborhood More Important Than School

A report published in BMC Public Health states that socio-economics and neighborhood have a more powerful influence on sexual activity among 15- and 16-year-olds than the classroom. A team of researchers analyzed data on nearly 5,000 pupils from 24 differe ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2008 - 10:06am

Do You Understand Evolutionary Trees? (Part One)

A single figure graces the pages of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859. The figure in question depicts a tree-like sequence of branchings through time as hypothetical lineages diverge and new specie ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Feb 12 2008 - 10:48pm

Nanotechnology And The Public Trust

When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology’s potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. The same will hold true for nano ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2008 - 6:30am

The Naked Truth From The Bloke Who Blew The Whistle On Carbon Credits

In December 2006, Dr. Mark Trexler authored a controversial paper called A Consumer’s Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers. He studied and ranked the numerous firms selling carbon offsets- also known as carbon credits- and named several firms with cred ...

Article - Jane Poynter - Feb 14 2008 - 2:34pm

How Much Patient Knowledge Is Too Much?

Doctors are adjusting their bedside manner as better informed patients make ever-increasing demands and expect to be listened to, and fully involved, in clinical decisions that directly affect their care. You know, how doctors always said patients should b ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2008 - 5:31am

Study: Most People With High Blood Pressure Don't Follow Recommended Diet

A relatively small proportion of individuals with hypertension (high blood pressure) eat diets that align with government guidelines for controlling the disease, according to a report in the February 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JA ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2008 - 8:30am

Study: $1 Trillion US Carbon Trading Market By 2020

The United States will be home to a $1 trillion carbon emission market by 2020 if federal and state policymakers continue on their current path towards a comprehensive "cap-and-trade" program that is confined to domestic trading only. In an analy ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2008 - 2:20pm

Ben Stein Roused By Suppression In Science

"Scientists are supposed to be allowed to follow the evidence wherever it may lead…This attack on scientific freedom was so egregious that it prompted a congressional investigation."---------------- Best known as the lovable, deadpan economics te ...

Article - Diana Deregnier - Aug 13 2011 - 8:59pm